Pau Gasol has been cleared to work out on an elliptical machine as part of his rehabilitation from a torn plantar fascia in his right foot.
Gasol is expected to be sidelined for another three weeks.
The Lakers have gone 5-4 in Gasol’s absence.
Pau Gasol has been cleared to work out on an elliptical machine as part of his rehabilitation from a torn plantar fascia in his right foot.
Gasol is expected to be sidelined for another three weeks.
The Lakers have gone 5-4 in Gasol’s absence.
Anthony Davis did not make the New Orleans Hornets' trip to Oklahoma City and will not play against the Thunder on Wednesday because of a sprained left shoulder.
Davis suffered the injury in the third quarter of Tuesday's loss to the Brooklyn Nets.
Davis, who is averaging 12.5 points, 7.4 rebounds and 1.8 blocks, has missed a combined 13 games this season due to a stress fracture injury (11) and a concussion (two).
Kyrie Irving will miss his second straight game due to a hyperextended/sore right knee.
The Cleveland Cavaliers play the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday.
Irving also sat out Tuesday's game, a win over the Bulls.
Rasheed Wallace will undergo surgery on his injured foot.
Wallace is likely out for the remainder of the season.
Wallace's left foot showed progression to a fractured right fifth metatarsal.
Kyrie Irving will miss Tuesday's game for the Cleveland Cavaliers against the Bulls with a sore/hyperextended right knee.
Irving hasn't missed a game since December.
Taj Gibson suffered an MCL sprain in his left knee on Sunday and could miss up to two weeks for the Chicago Bulls.
Gibson suffered the injury in the Bulls' blowout loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
An MRI performed Monday confirmed the injury.
The Bulls are already dealing with a banged-up Joakim Noah, who has been hampered by plantar fasciitis, and do not have consistent front-court depth behind Gibson off the bench.
Russell Westbrook works out with Derrick Rose in the offseason and believes the Chicago Bulls' guard has looked better and better as he rehabilitates his torn ACL.
"I see that he's getting better," Westbrook said Sunday. "He's almost close to coming back."
Rose was shown dunking in stride during ESPN's broadcast of the Oklahoma City Thunder's blowout win over the Bulls on Sunday.
Chase Budinger took a step forward in his recovery from a lateral meniscus tear in his left knee, being cleared for on-court running and agility drills, seemingly the last step before practicing with the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Budinger will be re-evaluated in two to three weeks, eyeing a return to game action in March.
Budinger, who suffered the injury just six games into the season and has not played since, would need a few practices before coming back.
Danny Granger admitted sitting out with a knee injury was "kind of depressing." But he finally felt good returning to the Indiana Pacers on Saturday against the Detroit Pistons.
“It feels good to be back,” Granger said. “I missed all of this.”
Granger says his knee still is not 100 percent and he's uncertain when it will reach that point. For now, the key for Granger is to stay confident in his knee and not think about his movements and cuts off the knee.
“It’s such a process,” Granger said. “You go back three weeks when I started practicing, it would get sore, then the next week it was less sore and last week it was less sore. They say it’ll eventually go away. We have all the MRIs to back it up. It’s a matter of getting my knee acclimated to playing at a high speed.”
Kevin Love is hoping to return in time to play in the final 15 to 20 games of the season for the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Love fractured the third metacarpal in his right hand on Jan. 3.
“It’s progressively getting stronger,” Love said. “With the weights and with everything I’m doing to improve range of motion. Hopefully I’ll shoot the ball better this time.”
Love is hoping to return at some point in March, but a definitive date has not been set.